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| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Devon
| Hundred = Wonford
| Poor Law Union = St Thomas
| Registration District = St Thomas
| PRbegin = 1603
| BTbegin = 1606
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Exeter
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Kenn
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
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| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Devon Record Office]]
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== Parish History  ==
=== Parish History  ===


ALPHINGTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (S.) from Exeter. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50753#s4 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.</ref>  
ALPHINGTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (S.) from Exeter. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50753#s4 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.</ref>  
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Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.  


=== Census records  ===
=== Census records  ===
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*Vision of Britain
*Vision of Britain


== Websites ==
== Websites ==


== References ==
== References ==


{{Reflist}}  
{{Reflist}}  

Revision as of 14:21, 14 April 2014

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Alphington, Devon, England
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Wonford
County Devon
Poor Law Union St Thomas
Registration District St Thomas
Records begin
Parish registers: 1603
Bishop's Transcripts: 1606
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Kenn
Diocese Exeter
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
Location of Archive
Devon Record Office

Parish History[edit | edit source]

ALPHINGTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 1½ mile (S.) from Exeter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


Church records[edit | edit source]

Alphington, Devon, England Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BOYD = Boyd's Marriage Index (FindMyPast) - (£)[2]
IGI = International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free[3]
Alphington, Devon, England Genealogy Parish Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
BOYD
1603-1837

IGI 1603-1837 1603-1643, 1657-1837

Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:

  • 1851 Jurisdiction Maps
  • Vision of Britain

Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 44-49. Date accessed: 30 May 2012.
  2. Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  3. Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Devon, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 12 February 2014.